Description: Willard Warner (1826-1906) was born in Granville, Ohio, and served as a officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, leading troops from his native Ohio. After the war he served as a US Senator from Ohio until 1867 when he moved to Alabama and upon its readmission to the Union he served as a US Senator for Alabama (1868-1871). He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is buried in Newark, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04081
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories; Military Ohio
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Archibald Willard (1836-1918) is one of Ohio's best-known painters and was born in Bedford, Ohio, in 1836. In 1855, he and his family moved to Wellington, Ohio, where Willard became an apprentice to E.S. Tripp and gained experience and training as an artist. During the American Civil War, Willard enlisted in the 86th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He began to draw pictures of what he saw during the war and, in partnership with James F. Ryder, began to sell reproductions of his work. In 1875, Willard moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he set up a studio. It was in Cleveland where Willard painted his most famous work, which he called "Yankee Doodle." Eventually it became know as "The Spirit of 76." He died in 1918. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04086
Subjects: Artists--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the left side of "The Roundhouse" painted by Mitchell Jamieson in 1941. The painting is located at the post office in Willard, Ohio in Huron County. Photographed by Connie Girard in 1988. The photo is from the Ohio Post Office Artwork Collection, AV 48. The collection represents thirty murals or plaster reliefs installed in twenty-five Ohio post offices between 1937 and 1943. In 1988, Connie Girard photographed the artwork. Photos were published in the article “Not By Bread Alone, Post Office Art of the New Deal.” Timeline. June-July 1989, p. 2-19 by Gerald Markowitz and Marlene Park. In 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President he promised Americans a "New Deal" and created public works programs to provide jobs for the millions of unemployed people, including artists. Ten thousand unknown and established artists were commissioned by the government to create murals, paintings, photographs, posters, prints and sculpture. The goal was not only to employ artists, but also to bring fine art into the daily lives of all people. The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) was funded for six months in 1933 – 1934. The PWAP was succeeded by the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture. Organized in 1934 the Section of Painting and Sculpture operated until 1943. Under the auspices of this organization sixty-six new Ohio post offices received artwork. The majority of the post offices were located in small towns. Post offices were chosen as a location for artwork because, particularly in small towns, they were centers of community activity. Most of the painted murals or murals in plaster relief created are realistic images reflecting the history, common activities or major industries of the communities in which the post offices are located. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: av48_b2_f25_02
Subjects: Post office stations and branches--Ohio--Photographs; Public art--Ohio--Photographs; Public Works of Art Project (United States); New Deal art
Places: Willard (Ohio); Huron County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the right side of "The Roundhouse" painted by Mitchell Jamieson in 1941. The painting is located at the post office in Willard, Ohio in Huron County. Photographed by Connie Girard in 1988. The photo is from the Ohio Post Office Artwork Collection, AV 48. The collection represents thirty murals or plaster reliefs installed in twenty-five Ohio post offices between 1937 and 1943. In 1988, Connie Girard photographed the artwork. Photos were published in the article “Not By Bread Alone, Post Office Art of the New Deal.” Timeline. June-July 1989, p. 2-19 by Gerald Markowitz and Marlene Park. In 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President he promised Americans a "New Deal" and created public works programs to provide jobs for the millions of unemployed people, including artists. Ten thousand unknown and established artists were commissioned by the government to create murals, paintings, photographs, posters, prints and sculpture. The goal was not only to employ artists, but also to bring fine art into the daily lives of all people. The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) was funded for six months in 1933 – 1934. The PWAP was succeeded by the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture. Organized in 1934 the Section of Painting and Sculpture operated until 1943. Under the auspices of this organization sixty-six new Ohio post offices received artwork. The majority of the post offices were located in small towns. Post offices were chosen as a location for artwork because, particularly in small towns, they were centers of community activity. Most of the painted murals or murals in plaster relief created are realistic images reflecting the history, common activities or major industries of the communities in which the post offices are located. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: av48_b2_f25_03
Subjects: Post office stations and branches--Ohio--Photographs; Public art--Ohio--Photographs; Public Works of Art Project (United States); New Deal art
Places: Willard (Ohio); Huron County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Willard Warner (1826-1906). Warner was born in Granville, Ohio, and served as a officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, leading troops from his native Ohio. After the war he served as a US Senator from Ohio until 1867, when he moved to Alabama. Upon that state's re-admission to the Union, he served as a US Senator from Alabama between 1868 and 1871. He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is buried in Newark, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04082
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carousel type apron conveyor made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Willard Storage Battery Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1930. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01533
Subjects: Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Cleveland (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the east annex of the Ohio Penitentiary, where death row and the execution chamber were located, displayed photographs of hundreds of prisoners who were condemned to death throughout the state’s history. This portrait of Willard Walters, a 25 year-old porter from Columbus, is one of them. Walters was convicted for the murder of Patrolman Edward Murphy during an apartment building burglary. The caption at the bottom of the photograph reads: “No. 192, Willard Walters of Franklin County, Electrocuted September 27th, 1935, for the Murder of Officer Edward Murphy at Columbus, Ohio.” Altogether there were 315 people who were electrocuted at the Ohio Penitentiary between 1897 and 1963. Walters was the 192nd prisoner to be executed in this manner. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08246
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Electrocution; Death row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Franklin County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustrated portrait of Lucy Webb Hayes, from "Women and Temperance" by Frances E. Willard, 1884. An Ohio native, Webb Hayes was the wife of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes. She was a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University (then known as Wesleyan Women's College)--the first presidential spouse to graduate from university. A strong supporter of the temperance movement, she earned the nickname "Lemonade Lucy" because she refused to serve alcohol in the White House. She was also known as an advocate for the abolition of slavery, education and the rights of women. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04249
Subjects: Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889; Other--Social Welfare; Temperance--History; First ladies; Presidents' spouses--United States
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This illustration is an engraved portrait of Mrs. Eliza "Mother" Stewart, who is wearing a dark dress with a white collar on top. The caption at the bottom of the image reads "MOTHER STEWART." Eliza Daniel Stewart, known as Mother Stewart, was influential in the Temperance movement, and helped found the Women's Christian Temperance Union. The original illustration appeared in "Woman and Temperance, or, the Work and Workers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union," by Frances E. Willard, 1884. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04299
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Other--Social Welfare; Temperance--United States--1870-1880; Women social reformers - Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of Hugh Mosher, who served as the model for the fife player in the painting "The Spirit of '76" by Archibald M. Willard, 1876. Willard was from Bedford, Ohio. He created his first version of the painting for the Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876. He then created several copies, one of which is part of the Ohio Historical Society fine art collection. Hugh Mosher was born in 1819 in Perry, Ohio. He served as a fifer major in the 143rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was a celebrated fifer in northern Ohio. Mosher died in Brighton, Ohio, in 1892. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03263
Subjects: Willard, Archibald M., 1836-1918. Spirit of '76; Ohio--History, Military; Mosher, Hugh
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Two photographs document the Fayette County courthouse in Washington Court House, Ohio. The second photograph is a close-up view of the wooden entrance doors, which are marked by bullet holes, the result of an 1894 riot following the trial of William Dolby, a biracial man accused of raping a white woman. The photographs measure 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). The Eclectic-style Fayette County courthouse was designed by architect David W. Gibbs and was completed in 1885. Three murals in the lobby outside the courtroom were painted by Archibald Willard, who painted the Spirit of '76. The first mural, Spirit of the U. S. Mail depicts a winged woman holding a bundle of letters in her left hand and a single envelope in the other hand that bears the inscription "A. M. Willard. . . , Cleveland, Ohio." The Spirit of Electricity portrays a woman floating above a body of water bearing a torch in her right hand. The Spirit of the Telegraph is pictured as a winged woman holding a length of telegraph wire. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3119_3737998_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Architecture; Courthouses; Doors & doorways; Bullet holes; Riots; Justice--Administration of
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: Picture postcard features a view of "Maple Corner," the Hopley Family home in Bucyrus, Ohio, ca. 1904. Handwritten symbols mark various sections of the image, and a corresponding key is written in the message section of the postcard. The key identifies certain areas or rooms in the house. A handwritten date reads "Chicago Jan. 7 1904'; the signature reads. "Love, Kate." The signator likely is Mary Catherine Hopley (1857-1848), called Kate, who studied painting and writing at Cooper Union in New York City and who moved to Chicago in the early 1900s. In Chicago she was a staff writer for "The Temple Appeal," the official publication of the Willard Temple, a temperance organization. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06074
Subjects: Postcards; Photographic postcards; Families--Ohio; Houses; Family history
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)